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adverb

• stern foremost or backward

• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

• (of a ship or an airplane) behind

20%10 The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when magnetization lags behind the magnetizing force
noun

• the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field

20%8 Fall behind or lag behind
noun

• a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

verb

• wander from a direct or straight course

• go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

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The Guardian Cryptic21 May 2001 Across 12
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